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MACDONALD: High School Says Engineering is Out, Arabic Culture Studies, In!

August 18, 2026 Steve MacDonald

In an August 5th missive to parents of students at John Stark High School, Principal Gary Dempsey outlined some curriculum changes. Sadly, most Engineering courses have been canceled. These include Welding, Small Engines, and all Physics courses. A local source tells me that the teacher quit for better pay in another district, and that Administration … Read more

“What Is The Transgender Status of My Legal Son?” Part 3

May 13, 2023 Skip

So, in Part 1, I asked “that question” and the Grandson’s teacher refused to directly answer my question. Part 2 showed me that in simply asking that simple question, the Administration started to monitor that email thread. However, the Principal, Danielle Bolduc, gave me a direct simple answer: ‘The simple answer to that particular question … Read more

Gay “Teacher” with Onlyfans Account Was Part of a Pre School Curriculum Development Conference

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 Steve MacDonald

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) supports “educators nationwide.” But parents might want to ask why a group like that doesn’t vet those chosen to speak to educators.

Guess Who Wants Public Schools to Hide Their Curriculum?

April 10, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

When Nicole Solas asked to see what her child would learn in Kindergarten, she was sued by the teachers union. It makes you wonder why they want to hide this kind of information from parents.

Are Our Government Schools Teaching Civics and Our Constitution(s)?

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Op-Ed

Remarks made at the Dover School Board Meeting, 12/13/21:

How well we, as citizens, know and understand the Constitution and how our system of government works, depends largely upon what our students are taught in our public schools.

Frank Edelblut at the Belknap County Republicans

Belknap County Republican Committee – Parts 2 & 3 of NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut’s address

August 17, 2021 Skip

Continuing on from NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut’s address to the Belknap County Republicans, here is the rest of the address: Part 2: Part 3: And next is the 5 part Q&A session – it is clear that the Republicans in Belknap County want to know how to pushback on the … Read more

BCRC – Parts 3, 4, & 5 of the Q&A session after NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut’s address

August 14, 2021 Skip

And the last in the series of GraniteGrok covering NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut’s address to the Belknap County Republican Committee this past Wednesday: Q&A Part 3: Q&A Part 4: Q&A Part 5:

BCRC – Parts 1 & 2 of the Q&A session after NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut’s address

August 13, 2021 Skip

Folks know that GraniteGrok is at the tip of the spear against what is going on in the various School Districts around the State. Both Ann Marie and I are putting up a lot of posts on a number of the SAUs that have decided that they don’t have to Follow The Law and also … Read more

Belknap County Republican Committee – Intro Ceremonies and Remarks, and NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut

August 13, 2021August 12, 2021 Skip

The Belknap County Republicans had their monthly last night at the Gilford Community Church in Gilford, NH. The keynote speaker, as the title above notes, was Frank Edelblut who is the current NH Commissioner of Education. IMHO, probably the best person to be in that seat during this last year and a half. Very knowledgeable, … Read more

Right to Know Request: CRT/Diversity Equity Inclusion/ Social Justice/ Race

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

Dear Superintendent Ambrose;

Pursuant to the Right to Know Law (RSA. 91-A), I am requesting public access, within 5 business days, to the governmental records: For the District. Between teachers, staff, parents, outside entities, school committee, etc. starting January 1, 2020, till current. For (SCHOOL DISTRICT).

Social Justice Warriors of All Stripes Will Take Any Opportunity to “Turn” Your Kids – Don’t Let Them

June 25, 2021 Skip

There is something to be said for standing up for your Principles. Even if it means getting knocked down by the Judicial system by Parents no longer willing to allow THEIR children to be abused by these teachers. Steve has the NH Teachers willing to be those Lawsuit Dummies here (“Here is a List of NH Teachers “Willing to Go To Jail” for Teaching CRT“).

This Won’t Make Any Points With Progressives

May 31, 2021 Skip

I’m working hard to convince TMEW to homeschool the Grandson. She’s agreed, as a former teacher, to do a test trial over the summer as more and more I keep coming across material that Reading, Writing, and ‘Rithmetic are the core academic priorities.

Taxpayer-funded Propaganda in the Classroom

November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 Doris Hohensee

Social Justice has infiltrated the Nashua public schools without any pubic discussion at board meetings or elsewhere.

THIS SHOULD SCARE THE CRAP out of Parents with Elementary Age Kids in Public Schools

July 7, 2020 Skip

I’ve been putting up “Man in the street” interviews ever since our humble beginnings. And I am never surprised by how illiterate young people are about our history and how the Government (which DEPENDS on citizens knowing its form) works.

Public School Liberal Bias – Capitalism and Fathers are Racist…

September 11, 2019

Is it appropriate to teach in public schools that capitalism and fathers are racist? What ever happened to judging a man by the content of his character? There’s a dangerous bit of academic nonsense happening at the K-12 level of education.

SDGANH: Achieving Transparency: How the Best Districts Do It – Parts 7 & 8

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 Skip

The School District Governance Association of NH (“SDGANH”) held a seminar this past Saturday on some best practices in how to make your School District more transparent in all of its procedures. This morning long session was a self-directed panel discussion consisting of Rich Girard from the Manchester School District, Tom Murray formerly of the … Read more

SDGANH: Achieving Transparency: How the Best Districts Do It – Parts 5 & 6

February 23, 2019 Skip

GrokInterview: Frank Edelblut, NH Commissioner of Education – Part 2

February 18, 2019February 16, 2019 Skip

With Part 2, I broach the subject that comes up here and again at GraniteGrok: “Curriculum and political bias in the classroom”. Given that in Part 1 we discussed the appeal process, I was curious as to how often this happens here in NH: It does happen – the teacher in Gilford showing her class … Read more

Nickel And Dimed Is Out

September 26, 2018January 12, 2011 Steve MacDonald

Once you get past the misleading headline from this morning’s Union Leader, ‘Nickel and Dimed’ Banned in Bedford, (it was not banned form Bedford, it was removed from the public school finance class curriculum) you will find that while the book is out, some of the stupidity remains.